Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WOOTTON (South)

WOOTTON (South), a parish in Freebridge-Lynn district, Norfolk; 1¼ mile from North Wootton r. station, and 2½ NNE of Lynn. It has a post-office under Lynn. Acres, 1,874; of which 505 are foreshore or reclaimed land in the Wash. Real property, £2,355. Pop., 150. Houses, 33. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Norwich. Value, £270.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church was recently repaired. There is a national school.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: South Wootton AP/CP       Freebridge Lynn RegD/PLU       Norfolk AncC
Place names: SOUTH WOOTTON     |     WOOTTON     |     WOOTTON SOUTH
Place: South Wootton

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